The Champagne Cork Capsule Stool

The Champagne Cork Capsule Stool
The Champagne Cork Capsule Stool was designed by James Herman, a US based designer

The Champagne Stool began life at my birthday celebration. I twisted off the wire cage of a champagne bottle and the perfection of the little cork restrainer as a stool struck me. The six images below highlight the development process from initial drawings to a NEW YORK TIMES article and an installation view at the Bubble Lounge in Manhattan.

The finished patented product is a 30 inch high stool with vinyl upholstered foam seat.

Domaine Chandon of Moet Chandon agreed to allow royalty free use of their logo.


The Bubble Lounge in Tribeca, New York City, has its own version.

Hans J. Wegner Three Legged CH07 Shell Chair

Hans J. Wegner's three-legged shell CH07 chair

Hans J. Wegner’s three-legged shell CH07 chair was originally introduced in 1963. A few limited series were produced, but the project soon came to a stand still.

The 90s brought a growing interest in chairs of more individual designs. The chair was relaunched in 1997 and fortunately the new manufactureer had been able to keep down the costs. These two factors in combination resulted in an increasing market, and after 34 years oblivion the chair finally got is breakthrough. As a curiosity it is worth mentioning that one of the original shell chairs from the 60s was sold at 104.000 Danish Kroner at Christies in London in 1999.

The chair is made of solid oiled walnut, upholstered in glove/alcantara.

Via Dansk Design Nu: Chairs Hans J. Wegner CH07 Shell Chair

This must be a good seating one, albeit the wings make it a bit wide for a small room.

Philippe Starck The Tooth Stool

Philippe Starck The Tooth Stool Small stool and/or side table, The TOOTH from Starck’s Saint Martin’s Lane hotel is a piece of jewelry for the home..Made in rotation moulding polypropylene, The TOOTH comes in 3 lacquered metallic versions: gold, silver and copper as well as one version in batch dyed silver grey.

Via Bonluxat: Philippe Starck The Tooth Stool

Mathias Bengtsson at HUB

Mathias Bengtsson is a Danish furniture designer since the 1990ies. From September 13th to november 9th, 2008 his work will be exhibited at Hub National Center for Craft & Design.

His well-known Slices Chairs will be on show. The series of chairs feature stacked layers of material which pile up to create forms reminiscent of topological maps. the chair is included in many permanent collection including the MoMA. The Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, Texas acquired a plywood version of the Slice chair for their permanent collection.

His Spun Chair will be included. It weighs only 800 g and is made from carbon fibre.


The show’s centre piece will be a 36m Spun Bench made of modular components, which will be hung from the ceiling of the gallery.

Via Design Boom